Jimi Hendrix / Experience Smash Hits

Release date: 30-09-2016(originally released in 1969)

2016 EU reissue on 180g LP- Restored from the Original Analog Master Tapes with Alternative Artwork by Grammy-Winning Photographer Ed Thrasher!

Carefully restored from the original analog master tapes, featuring original poster and alternate cover art, the Legacy 2016 edition of the Jimi Hendrix Experience's Smash Hits includes timeless classics like "Purple Haze," "Hey Joe," "Red House" (a different take from the UK Are You Experienced version), "Fire" plus eight more essential Hendrix tracks. First released in 1969, Smash Hits has proved to be immensely popular, serving as a critical introduction to the Hendrix canon for successive generations of fans.

This 2016 edition of Smash Hits includes a recreation of the poster that came with the original U.S. LP release, depicting band members Jimi Hendrix, Mitch Mitchell and Noel Redding dressed in western attire on horseback. The photograph, taken by Grammy-winning photographer Ed Thrasher (Grateful Dead, Neil Young, the Beach Boys) at Warner Bros. film studios in Burbank, CA in early 1969, was conceived as sleeve art for the album. Now, for the first time ever, Thrasher's photo finally graces the cover of Smash Hits, as originally intended.

Tracks:
A1 Purple Haze
A2 Fire
A3 The Wind Cries Mary
A4 Can You See Me
A5 Hey Joe
A6 All Along The Watchtower

B1 Stone Free
B2 Crosstown Traffic
B3 Manic Depression
B4 Remember
B5 Red House
B6 Foxey Lady